"Born under a cloud, Jack London in his early twenties was tramp, sailor, follower of Kelly's Industrial Army, oyster pirate, member of the coast patrol, gold-s

"The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"--

Raised in poverty as an illegitimate child, Jack London dropped out of school to support his mother, working in mind-deadening jobs that would foster a lifelong

Jack London has long been recognized as one of the most colorful figures in American literature. He is America’s most widely translated author (into more than